2 arrested in gold chain snatching incident

Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) Two persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in a gold chain snatching incident in south Kolkatas Parnasree area earlier this month, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, a raid was conducted late last night by the Anti Snatching Squad of Kolkata Polices Detective Department when two alleged snatchers Biswajit Bosu alias Mejka (30) and Rahul Balmiki alias Madan were arrested, they said.

Sleuths were probing into the incident on December 1 evening, when two motorcyclists snatched one gold neck chain of Sujata Hore (43) of Parnasree Police Station area while she was walking along Becharam Chatterjee Road.

"As per our sources, we shortlisted names of people. Then we started keeping tab on some and finally nabbed these two culprits," an officer of Kolkata Police said. PTI SCH SUS SUS

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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